Announcing the NexentaVSA for View Roadshow

This technical discussion will explore storage designs to deploy VMware View. VDI specialists from Nexenta, VMware, and STEC will address the specific storage challenges of VDI deployment. Our specialists will present solutions to these issues along with an in-depth technical analysis of a local storage appliance to show how to improve storage performance and lower the total cost of ownership for VDI. Sign up soon, seating is limited!

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Nexenta NV4V and VMware View Mobile Secure Desktop

The VMware View Mobile Secure Desktop (MSD) leverages VMware View, vShield security services, vCOPs monitoring components and storage solutions experts to help businesses ensure policy driven, context-based access to virtual desktops across devices and locations. View the MSD Whiteboard now

VMware View Rapid Desktop Program is designed to provide organizations with a way to quickly get up and running with a VDI-in-a-Box Proof of Concept based on View 5. A number of Nexenta partners have had their end-to-end VDI solutions certified by VMware as a part of this program. Frequent concerns from many of you are that –while VMware View based VDI works well– it is often too complicated and of course the storage is too expensive. With NexentaVSA for View and certified partners, we have made VMware VDI much simpler and less expensive. Here is that list of VDI certified solutions.

Nexenta Named an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner

Fastest Growing Company in Enterprise Storage Beats Heavy Silicon Valley Competition, Wins in Cloud and Infrastructure Category

Nexenta Systems was chosen as an AlwaysOn Global 250 winner—an award that highlights 250 private technology companies around the world that combine infrastructure and software innovations to create an interconnected, global technology community. Nexenta solutions make storing Big Data simple and affordable with an innovative OpenStorage model that packages industry-standard hardware with Nexenta’s enterprise-class software. Nexenta’s award win comes on the heels of the launch of NexentaVSA for View, a breakthrough solution that expands Nexenta’s proven ZFS-based storage software into virtualized desktop environments.

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Sponsorship Opportunities Available for OpenStorage Summit 2012

We invite you to participate in the OpenStorage Summit by becoming a sponsor. OSS 2012 will be held in San Jose, CA, October 31 – November 1, 2012. Sponsors of OSS 2012 will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including:
• Productive connections and increased exposure to the diverse OpenStorage community.
• Inside track on new and growing market opportunities.
• Access to, and engage in face-to-face interaction with, customers and partners.
• Greater awareness and understanding of your company, along with an opportunity to showcase your latest product development and new technologies that differentiate you from your competition.
• Special sales training and reseller advancement programs.
• Higher visibility as an industry leader in support of the OpenStorage Summit!

With a wide range of sponsorships to fit every budget, OSS offers 10 different package options, as well as additional a la carte event marketing opportunities. See the entitlements for each sponsorship package, sponsorship pricing, and marketing options for your company.

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Nexenta Training Update

Historically, our training efforts have been directed towards empowering our resellers with the knowledge they need to successfully sell and support NexentaStor solutions. With the vCloud introduction last month, we now have a resource to support skills-based learning. Besides the addition of hands-on labs to the base partner certification training, we are well on the way towards releasing our first customer-focused training for Storage Administrators. This two-day course targets new NexentaStor users and covers all the tasks required to install, configure, and manage both single node and clustered appliances. We will release this course (as well as “NexentaStor: Design and Install” as a product offering in the upcoming price list at $800 per day. You will have the ability to sell these courses and all new ones we release at your standard reseller discount.

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